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Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a decision has been made on the most suitable site for the new second level school in Gorey; if so, the exact location of this site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38620/05]

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: What about the 0.7%?

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: We will give the Minister of State a shortlist.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: Is the Minister of State moving to the Department of Transport?

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: Is the Minister of State looking for the job?

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: I did not think the Minister of State was a socialist.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: Is the Minister of State the third socialist?

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: What about the homeless?

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: They are all the one.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: The Minister of State is in a coalition Government.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: What about waiting lists?

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: What about hospitals?

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: It is like the Tops of the Towns.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: The Minister of State was taking them down last night.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: He took them down last night.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: Deputy Ring is a difficult act to follow. Some of the Deputies opposite are also very hard to follow because they really believe in their own rhetoric. It will be very hard to convince some of them that this was not such a great budget. It was a headline-grabbing, cautious, pre-election budget. I welcome the elements of the budget that look after people on social welfare but overall, it is a...

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: They might not have too many celebrations afterwards. This Government has done very little for County Wexford. There was more done for that county between 1994 and 1997 than there has been since.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: If the Minister of State conducted a poll this evening, most people would say that Mr. Ivan Yates was one of the most-liked and strongest Ministers for Agriculture this State ever had. He did a lot for agriculture, unlike the current Minister. One only has to look at the beet industry — for the first time in the history of the State, an agricultural crop has totally disappeared. I would...

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: Every time there is an announcement, it involves a five-year plan or a ten-year plan. I cannot understand this. The Minister for Finance has drawn up another plan for third and fourth level education, which I welcome. However, the Government should focus on primary and secondary education in the first instance. I presume it drew up a plan for those sectors years ago but it has not been...

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Paul Kehoe: Ivan Yates brought that about. What would we do without him? What would we do if Fine Gael had not been in Government from 1994 to 1997 to ensure Wexford was not neglected? I am glad the Minister of State raised Johnstown Castle and said that a Fine Gael Government located it there.